On June 5 he woke up with a .673 OPS. This morning he woke up at .866. In the intervening 34 games, he has batted .382/.482/.699/1.180. His counting numbers during that stretch, if pro-rated to 162 games, would give him 248 hits, 67 doubles, 43 HR, 129 BB, 153 runs scored and 134 RBI.

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Pedroia became the first Red Sox 2B homer in three straight games (July 9, 10, 15) since Felix Mantilla hit four in a three-game series against the Twins on September 18-20, 1964.

Before last night's game, Pedroia had hit six home runs in his last eight games (July 5-16). Bobby Doerr is the only other Red Sox second baseman to ever hit six dongs in an eight-game span (July 1-7, 1948 (or July 4-10, 1948, if you prefer) and June 8-13, 1950). Pedroia also has four straight 10+ HR seasons, the most by a Boston 2B since Doerr (1946-51).

'Fuck Yeah' might be the best and most apposite nickname ever, but I do like the complete weirdness of 'Muddy Chicken.'

I'm even forgetting now: is FY just a JOS thing or does the rest of the world use it too? I mentioned someone's dong to my son the other day...and got a very strange look in return. Just a JOS thing, I guess....